This is a truth I need to understand again and again. From Zack Eswine’s Sensing Jesus: One of the first signs that we are approaching the borders of attempting omnipotence is this: we believe that another is choosing a course of action because he or she simply isn’t clear on what is right. Therefore, we …
Some professing Christians fall into the error of believing their profession (and even regular church attendance) means that they should have a happy life. Well, maybe not happy, but at least a life without their current worst problem. It’s sort of like maintaining a gym membership, and maybe even visiting the gym on a regular …
Dan Philips of the Pyromaniacs on the real work of finding God’s will, instead of just waiting for him to tell you. Valerie was preparing some dish for our church pot luck, and needed lime-flavored tortilla chips. I looked and looked among the chips, the tortilla chips. Nothing. Up, down, back and forth. Nothing. I …
Greg Lucas has written many encouraging and touching reflections about being a father to Jake, his profoundly disabled son (now aged 18). None have been more poignant than this. My face seems to be scarred these days with the dried and salty tear tracks of weary frustration. I cry more than people know—more than a …
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